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Fires are raging out of control in Canada: Max Gorden

June 9, 2023

Fires are raging out of control in Canada: Max Gorden

FOX Weather correspondent Max Gorden reports 12 million acres of forests have been scorched in Canada on ’America’s Newsroom.’

Rep. Ryan Zinke rips politicians 'complaining' about smoke in DC, blames fires on lack of forest management

June 8, 2023

Rep. Ryan Zinke rips politicians 'complaining' about smoke in DC, blames fires on lack of forest management

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., highlighted the need for more forest management in America, as Canadian wildfire smoke causes alarm across the East Coast.

New York, New Jersey schools keep kids indoors as air quality plummets reportedly from Canada wildfires

June 7, 2023

New York, New Jersey schools keep kids indoors as air quality plummets reportedly from Canada wildfires

Public schools in NYC, Long Island and New Jersey are limiting outdoor activities Wednesday, as air quality worsens due to Canadian wildfires.

Dashcam shows wildfire in Canada

May 30, 2023

Dashcam shows wildfire in Canada

A wildfire in Canada has engulfed a highway on both sides. (Credit: Instagram @alka.films)

Judge rules forest fire retardant pollutes streams but permits continued use to fight wildfires

May 26, 2023

Judge rules forest fire retardant pollutes streams but permits continued use to fight wildfires

A judge ruled that U.S. Forest Service's chemical retardant that is dropped on wildfires is polluting streams in violation of federal law, but can keep being used to fight fires.

Brazil builds carbon dioxide emitting towers in Amazon to simulate climate change

May 24, 2023

Brazil builds carbon dioxide emitting towers in Amazon to simulate climate change

Brazil is building a complex of carbon dioxide-emitting towers in the Amazon to simulate climate change. The technology was developed in a New York lab.

Brazilian ecologists combat Amazon deforestation with new land ownership model

May 22, 2023

Brazilian ecologists combat Amazon deforestation with new land ownership model

After the world’s largest tropical forest lost 10% of its environment in the last four decades, ecologists in Brazil helped create a new conservation model to preserve the Amazon.

Pact grants Minnesota tribes extra leverage in natural resource management

May 16, 2023

Pact grants Minnesota tribes extra leverage in natural resource management

The Superior National Forest has reached an agreement with three Ojibwe tribes in northeastern Minnesota, granting them more negotiating power in natural resource management.

German man rescued from woods after sex game gone wrong

May 5, 2023

German man rescued from woods after sex game gone wrong

A 51-year-old German man was freed from bondage restraints by two passersby after reportedly being abandoned in the woods by a woman he met online.

Largest-ever Wisconsin land conservation project dies in Legislature

April 18, 2023

Largest-ever Wisconsin land conservation project dies in Legislature

A $15 million, 56,000-acre land purchase in Wisconsin's Pelican River Forest has been rejected by the state Legislature's budget committee.